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SMASH COMICS #38

Cover Date: December 1942
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-10-16

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Cover Credits:
Art: Ruben Moreira


Story: "Cave-Man Menace" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Cole
PencilsJack Cole
InksTony DiPreta
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Midnight

Supporting Character(s):

Gabby the Talking Monkey (leads the monkeys at the Zoo out on strike for better conditions)
Doc Wackey

Villain(s):

Sir Vellyfish Squinchworthy (first appearance; a phony explorer who tries to pass off children he manipulated as missing links; bribes a gangster to commit crimes as Midnight)
Zor the Cave-Man (first appearance; shaved and educated by Doc Wackey)
Lady Squinchworthy (first appearance)

Location(s):

Big City


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Second Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAlex Koda
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Marksman

Supporting Character(s):

Vorka

Villain(s):

Black Wilhelm (first appearance; a Nazi officer; kills a fortune teller; dies)

Location(s):

Poland


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Third Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge Brenner
ArtGeorge Brenner
LetteringGeorge Brenner
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Hugh Hazzard
Bozo the Iron Man

Villain(s):

Scar Maloin and his gang (first appearance for all; potential bootleggers)
Shiv Blade and his gang (first appearance for all; potential bootleggers)


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Third Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Gustavson
ArtPaul Gustavson
LetteringPaul Gustavson
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Jester

Supporting Character(s):

Detective Hustance McGinty

Other Character(s):

Terwilliger J. Thump (first appearance; a kleptomaniac)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

Uses his weighted "Jester Ball".


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsAlex Kotzky
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Black X

Supporting Character(s):

Batu

Villain(s):

Nazis (first appearance for all; Von Pap named)

Location(s):

Iraquan (first appearance; a tiny Middle Eastern nation; joins the Allies)


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtRudy Palais
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Ray

Supporting Character(s):

Sue Saunders

Villain(s):

Headsman (Gorgon; first appearance; an axe murderer who is driven by his ancestry to kill)


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Sixth Story: "Men Marked for Death!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAl Gabriele
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Yankee Eagle (Larry Noble; first appearance; a retired stuntman)

Villain(s):

Silvera's secretary and his gang (first appearance for all; kills his boss to try and take control of a nitrate company)

Comment(s):

No known connection to Yankee Eagle (Jerry Noble).


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